[SEMCO] Join Us for Coffee at Three Bays Preservation Inc. to Learn About Aquaculture

[Theresa Barbo]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                    

Thursday, July 7, 2016

Media Contact:  Lindsey B. Counsell, Exec. Dir.

lcounsell at 3bays.org

508-420-0780

 

 

Three Bays Preservation Inc. Hosts Weekly Coffee Hour on Aquaculture Program

 

(Osterville, Mass.) – Stop by for coffee at the office of Three Bays Preservation every Tuesday morning at 11 a.m. through mid-August to learn about the environmental non-profit’s innovative aquaculture program in the North Bay area. Three Bays is located at 864 Main Street in Osterville.

“Aquaculture is important to healthy marine environments since oysters naturally filter water, up to fifty gallons a day per animal, removing toxic nutrients including nitrogen from the ecosystem,” explained Lindsey B. Counsell, executive director of Three Bays.  A healthy oyster population helps prevent harmful algal blooms that threaten wildlife living in and around the water. “We have found that people are very curious about our aquaculture program and how it can benefit water quality, so we’re continuing Coffee Tuesday again this year,” Counsell added.

Nationwide, oysters have been used for years to mitigate water quality problems in impaired environments including Chesapeake Bay, Long Island and Boston Harbor. Three Bays has been growing oysters since 2008 when it teamed with the Town of Barnstable’s Natural Resources Program to purchase 60,000 oyster seeds and grew them at the entrance to Prince’s Cove. 

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Three Bays Preservation Inc. is dedicated to restoring and protecting West, North and Cotuit Bays, and the coves, ponds, rivers and streams that form our watershed and ecosystems. Since 1996, Three Bays Preservation Inc. has continued stewardship efforts through applied science, educational programs, and ecosystem-based management practices. To learn more, visit Three Bays Preservation online at www.3bays.org.

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